Hillary praises Obama for launching airstrikes in Syria

[Cali_Democrat]

Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Wednesday voiced support for President Obama's decision to launch airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and sought to downplay past differences with the president over strategy in the region.

Clinton made the comments during a discussion moderated by CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting in New York.

"The situation now is demanding a response, and we are seeing a very robust response," Clinton said, according to CNN. "It is something that I think the president is right to bring the world attention to."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/09/24/hillary-clinton-supports-obama-on-syria-airstrikes/

[leftstreet]

1. Politicians should be fined 25cents each time they say 'robust'

We need a quarter jar

[KamaAina]

2. "bring the world's attention to"?

A) The Wellesley and Yale Law grad ended her sentence with a preposition. B) And more importantly, isn't it possible to "bring the world's attention to" something without bombing the crap out of it?!

[Thinkingabout]

3. As I continue to see there have not been many alternatives to the bombing to curtail ISIS.

I wasn't at the Congressional briefing but it appears support towards the bombing after the briefing, even from Republicans.